Oral history interview with Arthur Polonsky

Lee, Russell, 1903-1986

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Russell Lee was born in Ottawa, Illinois on 21 July 1903. His childhood, although of comfortable middle-class rural American heritage, was marred by tragedy. His parents were divorced in 1908, when Lee was five, and his mother was killed in an accident in 1913. Lee was then passed between various relatives and guardians until he returned to Ottawa to be raised by family friends. He became interested in photography in 1931 while married to his first wife, artist Doris Emmrick. She introduced him ...

Polonsky, Arthur

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Painter, educator; Newtonville, Mass. From the description of Arthur Polonsky interviews, 1972 Apr. 12-June 12 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 276394241 Arthur Polonsky (1925- ) is a painter and educator from Newtonville, Mass. From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur Polonsky, 1972 Apr. 12-may 21 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 646397485 From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur Polo...

Brown, Robert F.

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Archives of American Art Regional Director of the New England office. From the description of Robert Brown interview, 1977. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83873055 ...

United States. Farm Security Administration. Historical Section

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A New Deal agency which operated 1937-1942, formerly the Resettlement Administration (1935-1937). The Historical Section within the FSA documented agriculture, industry, and social life through photographs. From the guide to the Farm Security Administration Migrant Worker Photographs BENSON-MS FSA MIGRANTS. 23249548., 1937, 1941, (Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin) Established 1935 in the Resettlement Administration Historical S...

Stryker, Roy Emerson, 1893-1975

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Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washington, D.C. Under Stryker the Photographic project of the FSA documented the drought, poverty and despair of rural and urban America during the Depression. From the description of Oral history interview with Roy Emerson Stryker, 1963-1965 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79221042 Director of the Farm Security Administration Historical Section; Washingt...

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969

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Painter, photographer; Roosevelt, N.J. From the description of Ben Shahn interview, 1964 Apr. 14 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82606033 Artist Ben Shahn was a Russian Jewish immigrant to New York. He apprenticed with a lithographer, studied at several New York colleges, and toured Europe, acquiring the skills to express his artistic ability. He is chiefly remembered as a muralist, painter, photographer, and printmaker, visually chronicling America during ...

Mydans, Carl 1907-

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Photojournalist for the Farm Security Administration and staff photographer for LIFE magazine. Covered World War II and the Korean War. From the description of Carl Mydans photographs, 1935-1968. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 503571049 Photographer, associated with the Farm Security Administration; b. May 20, 1907, Boston, Mass.; d. August 16, 2004, Larchmont, N.Y. From the description of Oral history interview with Carl Mydans, 1964 Apr. 29. (Un...

Rothstein, Arthur, 1915-1985

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Photographer. Died 1985. From the description of Arthur Rothstein papers, 1936-2000 (bulk 1952-1985). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70984757 Photographer; New York, N.Y.; d. 1985. From the description of Oral history interview with Arthur Rothstein, 1964 May 25 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81173081 Arthur Rothstein was an American photographer who worked for the federal government during the Great Depression for the Farm Security Ad...

Evans, Walker, 1903-1975

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Walker Evans (1903-1975) was a photographer. From the description of Oral history interview with Walker Evans, 1971 Oct. 13-Dec. 23 [sound recording]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 495595155 Photographer and professor at Yale; best known for documenting the people and conditions of the southern United States during the Great Depression. From the description of Walker Evans photographs, 1935-1936. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 55636072 P...

New Deal and the Arts Oral History Project.

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Doud, Richard Keith

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Art historian; Washington, D.C. From the description of Richard Keith Doud papers, 1963-1965. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122557238 ...

Metropolitan Museum of Art Oral History Project.

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Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs, 1926-2012

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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger was born into a prominent media and publishing family and became publisher of The New York Times in 1963 and chairman of the board of The New York Times Company in 1973....